Background
Taylor, Hugh Ringland was born on November 10, 1947 in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.
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Hugh Ringland Taylor
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B Medical Science, U. Melbourne, 1969; Bachelor of Medicine, Bachelor of Science, U. Melbourne, 1971; Doctor of Medicine, U. Melbourne, 1978.
Career
Resident medical officer, Austin Hospital, Melbourne, 1972-1973;
ophthalmic registrar, Royal Victorian Eye and Ear Hospital, Melbourne, 1974-1976;
associate director, National Trach. and Eye Health Program, R.A.C.O., Sydney, Australia, 1976-1977;
postdoctoral fellow, Wilmer Institute, Baltimore, 1977-1979;
assistant professor, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, 1980-1983;
associate professor, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, 1983-1990;
professor ophthalmology, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, 1990;
professor ophthalmology, U. Melbourne, since 1990. Director eye services Royal Victorian Eye and Ear Hospital, Melbourne, 1990. Managing director Center for Eye Research Australia, since 1996.
Trustee Eye Research Foundation, since 1996. Consultant World Health Organization, Geneva, 1979-1990, director Collaborative Center Prevention Blindness. Consultant Mectizan Expert Committee, Atlanta, River Blindness Foundation, Houston, Edna McConnell Clark Foundation, New York City, Fred Hollows Foundation, Sydney.
Achievements
Membership
Fellow Royal Australian College Surgeons. Member Royal Australian College Ophthalmologists, International Agency for Prevention of Blindness, Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology (award 1981, 88), International Society Geography and Epidemiological Ophthalmology (councilloe since 1995), Rotary International (Paul Harris fellow 1995).
Connections
M. Elizabeth Mara Dax, December 2, 1968. Children: Kathryn Isabel, Bartholomew, Edward, Phoebe.
